Trent University Archives, "A. Jeffrey & Son" (authority record), and the Cobourg and District Historical Society list of mayors

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Trent University Archives, "A. Jeffrey & Son" (authority record), and the Cobourg and District Historical Society list of mayors
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Trent University Archives, Peterborough; Cobourg and District Historical Society
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https://bataarch.trentu.ca/index.php/a-jeffrey-son
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Read 10 Oct 2026. Trent University Archives' history of the firm: Andrew Jeffrey was a long-term resident of Cobourg, nominated an elder of the Presbyterian church in 1827 (Cobourg Early Days and Modern Times); elected to the Board of Police on the town's incorporation in 1837; a member of the Board of Trade, which agreed that winter to close the shops at 7 pm; he "ran a Foundry and later a Hardware Store"; councillor in 1851 and mayor in 1852; and "in 1853 A. Jeffrey had his son-in-law, Robert Kingan, open a branch store in Peterborough." Cobourg has a street named after him. (The page also mentions a private school at the corner of King and D'Arcy Streets; its connection with him is not clear from the summary.)

The Cobourg and District Historical Society's list of mayors (https://cdhs.ca/mayors-of-cobourg/) has "Andrew Jeffrey, Mayor 1852," with a portrait.

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  2. title: "Trent University Archives, \"A. Jeffrey & Son\" (authority record), and the Cobourg and District Historical Society list of mayors"
  3. type: other
  4. repository: Trent University Archives, Peterborough; Cobourg and District Historical Society
  5. url: "https://bataarch.trentu.ca/index.php/a-jeffrey-son"
  6. seen: transcript
  7. access: public
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  10. Read 10 Oct 2026. Trent University Archives' history of the firm: Andrew Jeffrey was a long-term
  11. resident of Cobourg, nominated an elder of the Presbyterian church in 1827 (*Cobourg Early Days and
  12. Modern Times*); elected to the Board of Police on the town's incorporation in 1837; a member of the
  13. Board of Trade, which agreed that winter to close the shops at 7 pm; he "ran a Foundry and later a
  14. Hardware Store"; councillor in 1851 and mayor in 1852; and "in 1853 A. Jeffrey had his son-in-law, Robert
  15. Kingan, open a branch store in Peterborough." Cobourg has a street named after him. (The page also
  16. mentions a private school at the corner of King and D'Arcy Streets; its connection with him is not
  17. clear from the summary.)
  19. The Cobourg and District Historical Society's list of mayors (https://cdhs.ca/mayors-of-cobourg/) has
  20. "Andrew Jeffrey, Mayor 1852," with a portrait.
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